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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA

July 24, 2003Camden County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2003, 7:47 PM EDT for Camden County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2003, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2003, 8:05 PM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Camden County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2003-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 412 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2003-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

629 
WFUS51 KAKQ 242347
TORAKQ
NCC029-250005-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
747 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 805 PM EDT

* AT 747 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF TAYLORS BEACH...OR ABOUT 3 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF ELIZABETH CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TAYLORS BEACH AND BARTLETT AROUND 750 PM...
  OLD TRAP AND GOOSE CREEK AROUND 755 PM...
  INDIANTOWN AND RIDDLE AROUND 800 PM...

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3627 7614 3627 7618 3633 7623 3638 7623
          3635 7609 3636 7604 3627 7594 3622 7598
          3620 7606 3626 7613 3629 7619 3633 7623
          3636 7623
$$

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Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.